Organisations

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International Society for Silicon in Agriculture and Related Disciplines (ISSAG)

‘Silicon in Agriculture’ conference every 3 years.

2025 Serbia
2022 New Orleans, USA (website)
2017 Bengaluru, India (website)
2014 Stockholm, Sweden (website)
2011 Beijing, China (website)
2008 Durban, South Africa (website)
2005 Uberlandia, Brazil (website)
2002 Tsuruoka, Japan (website)
1999 Florida, USA (website)

Isotopes in Biogenic Silica

‘Isotopes in Biogenic Silica’ (IBiS) conference every 1-2 years.

2024 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium (website)
2022 Lund, Sweden (website)
2017 Blanes, Spain (website)
2015 London, UK (website)
2013 Helsinki, Finland (website)
2012 Hamburg, Germany (website)
2011 Antwerp, Belgium (website)
2010 Swansea (website)
2008 Oxford, UK (website)
2007 Nottingham, UK (website)
2006 Ambleside, UK (website)

Silicamics: Biogeochemistry and genomics of silicification and silicifiers

‘Silicamics’ conference every 3 years.

2024 Silicamics 4 (website)
2021 Silicamics 3 (website) [Special Issue]
2018 Silicamics 2 (website) [Silica school, Tréguer et al. 2021]
2015 Silicamics 1 (website) [Special Issue, Tréguer et a 2017]

Annual online silica school

International Phytolith Society

‘International Meeting of Phytolith Research (IMPR)’ every 2 years.

2023 Israel (website)
2021 Kiel (online)
2018 Wuhan , China
2016 Aix en Provence, France (10th meeting)